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Word: sams (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tuition, books and $100 a month support money from the Veterans Administration. The reason: during his brief Army service, spent training at the University of Alabama, he suffered an injury that developed into a double hernia. Pepper's appreciation for both education and a benevolent Uncle Sam was never to leave him: "I get so burned up when anybody tries to cut back on the money available to help needy students...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Champion of The Elderly | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

...tank that first breached the gates of Nguyen Van Thieu's Independence Palace in Saigon in 1975. At a nearby carnival, the most popular game is the beanbag toss, in which gleeful children win pieces of candy by pelting a plywood figure of Uncle Sam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viet Nam: When Will the Peace Begin? | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

...rush to IRAs is not over. People who have already filed for an extension on their 1982 return still have four months in which to benefit from Uncle Sam's tax shelter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRA Stampede | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

...John Greenwald. Reported by Sam Allis/Houston and Steven Holmes/Denver

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Up with Dry Holes | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

...enormous cutback in planting this year under the new federal payment-in-kind (PIK) program may be a bonanza for some farmers. In return for not planting corn, wheat, rice and cotton crops, farmers will receive up to 95% of their normal yield of these commodities free from Uncle Sam's warehouses. This is an economical way for the Government to reduce the cost of storing surpluses, and it should help the farmer by removing the glut that has caused prices to plunge. But where does it leave the marketers of such items as fertilizer and farm equipment, already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting PIK-ed to Pieces:Federal Payment-in-Kind Program | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

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